Asset Management

Table of Contents

Glossary of Terms

  • Asset Source: A system or repository from which assets (such as data, applications, or endpoints) are captured and managed.

  • Asset Capture: The process of retrieving asset data and metadata from an asset source and integrating it into the organization’s asset management system.

  • Asset Life Cycle: The stages an asset goes through from its creation and initial use to its updating, decommissioning, or deletion.

  • Asset Verification: The process of ensuring the correctness and validity of captured assets, typically through checks such as pinging the asset.

1. Introduction

Asset Management provides organizations with the ability to identify, classify, and secure their assets, laying a foundational layer for other Zero Trust capabilities. This capability enables organizations to maintain an up-to-date understanding of their technical environment by capturing assets, assigning them unique identities, and managing their lifecycle.

2. Overview of the Authoring Tool

The Authoring Tool provides a user-friendly graphical interface for administrators to define and configure asset sources, capture assets, verify them, and monitor their verification status. The tool includes the following key components:

  • Asset Capture Tool: Enables the creation, configuration, viewing, updating, and deletion of asset sources. Additionally, it facilitates the capture and integration of assets based on the configured asset source.
  • Asset View: Allows users to view captured assets, verify them, and track their verification status.

3. Steps to Use the Asset Management Platform

  • Login

Ztaas Landing Screen

  • Select the Asset Management Product and Click on Open

Asset Management product screen

  • Navigate to the Asset Management Product

    • Select Authoring Tool from the main menu

Ztaas Landing Screen

  • Access the Asset Capture Tool Section, and click on Add Asset Source button

Asset Source View screen

  • Fill the Asset Source Details and click on Next button

Asset Source Create screen

  • Click the Learn More About Configuration Details button for additional information on the required fields.

Complete the Asset Source Configuration Details and click Add. To finish configuring the asset source, click Finish, or use the Add button to enter more details.

Click Capture button to capture assets

Asset Capture

Click Integrate button to integrate the captured assets into the asset repository.

Asset Integrate screen

You can view the captured assets directly or by navigating to the Asset View section

Asset View Screen

Click on Verify Assets button to verify the captured assets

You can view the asset verification status by clicking on Verification Result button

4. Conclusion

By following this guide, administrators can effectively capture, view, and verify assets.